Allison Lips

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Anglophile, Rockabilly, Pompadour lover, TV and Music Critic

TV Review: The Mysteries of Laura – Series Premiere

Allison Lips - September 19, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Plot: A cop/family show about Laura Diamond (Debra Messing), a homicide detective with the New York Police Department who balances her...

Album Review: Train, ‘Bulletproof Picasso’

Allison Lips - September 11, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Bulletproof Picasso is definitely a Train album. The band’s fans will love it. Everyone else will sing along to the singles...

Album Review: Brian Setzer, Rockabilly Riot: All Original

Allison Lips - August 12, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Brian Setzer's Rockabilly Riot!: All Original will appeal to dads and rockabilly fans; the latter will make up the majority of people...

Album Review: 5 Seconds of Summer, “5 Seconds of Summer”

Allison Lips - July 24, 2014

Written by Allison Lips 5 Seconds of Summer sounds like a cheap knock-off of all the bands that have influenced them, which is a shame...

TV Recap: Food Fighters, Series Premiere

Allison Lips - July 23, 2014

Despite Adam Richman being kicked off the Travel Channel for some insanely inappropriate Instagram comments, he has bounced back with Food Fighters. The...

Book Review: ‘Push Girl: A Novel’ by Chelsie Hill & Jessica Love

Allison Lips - June 11, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Push Girl is a novelization of Push Girls (which airs on SundanceTV) cast member and Walk and Roll Founder Chelsie Hill’s...

Book Review: ‘Carsick’ by John Waters

Allison Lips - May 30, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Carsick, a book about hitchhiking across the United States, is made up of three novellas: the good, the bad, and the...

Book Review: ‘Songs Only You Know’ By Sean Madigan Hoen

Allison Lips - May 21, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Sean Madigan Hoen explores his rough teenage years in Songs Only You Know. Unlike a lot of memoirs writers, Hoen manages...

TV Recap: The Maya Rudolph Show

Allison Lips - May 21, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Variety shows are hard to pull off. There’s a reason that for every Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, the major networks...

Album Review: Lily Allen, ‘Sheezus’

Allison Lips - May 1, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Lily Allen’s back with an album that’s not very different from It’s Not Me, It’s You. As with it’s predecessor, Sheezus...

TV Review: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Series Premiere

Allison Lips - April 28, 2014

Written by Allison Lips There are no surprises with Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It’s The Daily Show in different clothing, which works for...

Book Review: ‘Sexplosion’ by Robert Holfer

Allison Lips - April 23, 2014

Written by Allison Lips Once upon a time, celebrities and regular people alike went to see porn in respectable movie theaters and made books portraying...

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